St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-11-15
THE DIVINE POWER.
The Elevated Conception of Cod
A Paper to the Liberals.

At the meeting of the Liberal minis
tiers yesterday morning Rev. NJ. ID. Shut
ter read a paper on the Higher Idea of
God In substance he said: Truth
itself is never i'll danger. Only its linn
itatiOns are destroyed. The idea of
God is one that has prevailed among all
nations and tribes in all ages. The form
has changed but the idea has persisted
and grown. / want to state the two
leading conceptions of God that pre-
vailed most widely in Christian thought.
The idea which took shape in the writ
ings of Augustine is that of being local
liable in space remote from the world
and man: himself but huge and mon
strOuS man. having human passions and
purposes. whose ways are just as our
WAYS, and whose thoughts as our
thoughts. On the other hand, the
thoughts of the Hebrew prophets, of Je-
SuS. and St Paul, transmitted to Glenn
ent of Alexandria and the Greek
schools. is that of God. not as removed
from this universe but abiding in it; not
in any particular part of it but in every
part OF it: God is the ever present life of
the world. In Him all things exist
from moment TO moment, and the nat
ural sequence of events is perpetual
revelation of the divine wisdom and
goodness. 1t follows from this basis
that man still has natural kinship with
Deity. God is everywhere and always
present in the world of man. In some
nations one line of development is being
pursued. in others another: in .Iudea,
religion: in Greece, beauty; in America.
liberty. But no one thread of this his
tory can be taken from the others with
out maTing the entire web. The whole
fabric is divine. This idea abOlishes
the conflict between science and relig-
ion. The new discoveries do not drive
God farther back and narrow his do
main, but enlarge it and find new
form of activity. Everything which we
call a law of nature seems to be a
method of divine operation"
The Grand opera last night held a
large audience who laughed and ap-
plauded Roland Reed, the comedian, in
the character of Jack Luster in Fred
MarSden's play of ''Humbug." Mr.. Reed
impersonates an impoStOr of the first
degree. and made decided hit.
The comedy of "Humbug" gives the
comedian full scope to display his talent
add the characterization of LuSter is
an intagliO of comedy work. Hum
bug is a clever bit of playing, the stu
atlOnS are ludlcrouS and complicated
and the fun is sustained TO the drop of
the curtain. His topical songs were
encOred to the echo, and the
comedian was recalled a number
of times. Miss Alice Hastings as
Mrs. POnsonby acted the part iii an even
and satisfactory manner, and her toilets
were marvels of the mantua makers
art. The company as a whole is ey-
tremely evenly balanced. Every one
should see Mr. Reed. Tonight David
d. LlOyd's new American comedy. The
Woman IIater.' will be presented, with
Mr.. Reed as Samuel Bundy.
Michael StrO4Off,'' the familiar mOlO-
dramatic pageant, with all its wealth of
scenery and pretty girls, will be pre-
scented at the Grand opera house the last
night of the week. The company,
scenery and ballet are said TO be I'M
equaled-
The stage carpenters Of the Grand
opera are busily engaged in mounting
the first car load of scenery used in the
production of ''SpartacuS. the Gladia-
tor in which the handsome young ira
gedian. Robert Daning, appears. The
date announced for his first appearance
here is Monday, Nov. 81.